Friday, March 6, 2009

A Half A Yard Of Fabric Love

I have a serious thing for fabric. When I spot some yummy yardage that I love, my heart beats faster, I might weep, my creative mojo kicks in...yep...I'm hooked on fabric. Thanks to Julia from Hooked on Houses for giving us a place to give our obsessions a shout out.

So in an effort to be more practical and less wasteful...I decided to only buy fabric with a purpose in mind and not to be forever adding to the collection of yards and yards marinating at home...

BUT...that was no fun and it was making my mojo hurt.

My solution...when I coveted a delightful piece of cloth I decided that I would only purchase a half a yard!

It was a brilliant idea...because you know what I discovered? There is a whole world of mojo nurturing fabric thirst that a half a yard of fabric can quench.

Take a gander at what I am rambling on about ~

Decoupaged the front of my daughter's dresser...

This was only about a quarter of a yard...

I love this old rickety dresser...I inherited it from my childhood pal...

I cut out and decoupaged these flowers on the front of my craft cabinet...

Gave my kitchen pig a spring~time kerchief...

The yellow pillow ~ half a yard, the rooster pillow ~ an old towel and my baby sister's old pants cut up for the roof...

The white pillow ~ half a yard...the baby house pillow...not much fabric at all...

Covered an old chair ~ half a yard...pillow ~ a third of a yard...

Each of these pillows...less than half a yard...

I bet your mojos are mojo~ing...

I didn't have quite enough fabric for this chair...so I added a stripe...looks like I planned it...

My mojo has never mojo-ed this early in the morning!! LOL!! Thanks for stopping by my place~ you have a very sweet blog & etsy shop~ love the pillows, saw several I want...Also love your Angel, we sell them at our booth at Canton First Monday in Canton, Texas...Do you have her wings? Have a great weekend!Tina~ Cherry Hill Cottage...

Good morning! I wholeheartedly agree. I feel the same about fabric. I get excited, goose bumps, shaky all because I can't wait to make something with it. I love all your projects and yes 1/2 a yard is wonderful and goes a long way towards happiness~!blessings,Debbie